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F. C. SHEAREH.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED nac.29, 19H:-

Patented Jun 1917.

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-f providc a novel form of rail UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK C. SHEARER, OF EAGLE PASS, TEXAS, ASSIGTTQR -TO U. S. INDESTRUCTIBLE TIE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF EAGLE PASS, TEXAS, A CORPORATION OF TEXAS.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 29, 1915. Serial No. 69,239.

Tu YZ 117mm it may concern:

Bo il known that I. FREDERICK C. Slusannn, a (:ilizuu oi lhc United Status. residing at lflaglc Pass, in the county .of Maverick and Stan o1 'lc.\'a.' ha \'0 invented curtain new and uscl'ul liuproromci-its in Railway-Tics; and l do hvrcb declare the follmving to be a Full. clear. and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appcrtains to make and uso the sauna.

This ini'cution relates to now and useful improvements in railway tics and the principal object of the invention is to provide a "tin which is adapted to be constructed of rpinlorccd concrete or any other suitable L iliaterial.

'. 1 Another object of the invention is to provide a tic having a cushioning block which may be made of wood or compressed fiber so as to provide a resilient seat for the rails. Still another object of the invention is to plate and rail attaching means therefor. r

A further object of the invention is to provide a tie having its under side recessed to insure the tho road bed.

1V ith these and other objects in view, the

proper seating of the same in invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts which will be fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is af iclc iicw in elevation of a ti ccmstructedln accordance with this in- Ycntion showing the rails in place thereon.

lug. 2 1s a fragmentary top plan view of one end of the tie showing the rail partly in section to more clearly illustrate the details of construction.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal scotional. vicw on line 33 of Fig. 2.

a transverse sectional View on -l-----. of Fig. 1, aiid a horizontal sectional View on line. "a of Fig. u-

Rviorring to the. drawings the numeral 1 designates as an entirety the body of the tie comprising a pair of enlarged end members 2 connected by a reduced portion 3. A suitable longitudinally extending V-shaped rib 4 extrrids downwardly from the reduced portion. 3 and the lower cdgo thereof lies flush with the lower faces of the portions 2 hercinbcfore referred to. Each of the end members or portions 2 is provided with a transversely extending recess ,5 adapted for the reception of the cushioning blocks and formed at opposite terminals of the recesses and inthe opposite faces of the members 2 are the depressions 6, the use of which will appear as the description proceeds.

Seated in the recesses 5 are the cushioning blocks 7 ha ring extending therethrough the transverse apertures 8 through which suitable bolts 9 pass and these bolts extend through openings formed in the bars 10 which extend longitudinally of the tie on oppositc sides thereof and are adapted to seat in the depressions 6 as clearly shown in F ig.-5. Formed in the upper face of each of the members 2 is a longitudinally extending central groove 11, the inner end of which communicates with the recess 5, and seated in this groove is the tongue 12 of the rail plate 13. This rail plate 13 is of a size suflicient to extend substantially entirely across the cushioning blocks and is formed near one end with an opening 14 through which the spikes 15 extend. The opposite end of the plate is bent upwardly as at 17 to form an abutment for the rail clamp 18 provided at its inner end with the flange engaging portion 19. The rail engaging 1 portion and tongue 12 are formed with ahnlng openings through which the bolts 0 extend and these openings register with itable o enings 21 formed in the enlarged portion 0 the he as clearly shown in-Fig. 3.

t is to be hnderstood that the tie is pro vitled with suitable longitudinally extending reinforcing bars 21 the opposite ends of which are bent upwardly as at 22 while the central portions are arched as at 23 to conform to the shape of the under side of the reduced portion 3 of the tie.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that in use the tie is used in the ordinary manner and the rails seated on the plates 13. The plates are then placed so that the flanges 17 abut the end of the recesses 11 and the bolts 20 are then passed upwardly through the openings in the tie and plates and the rail clamp 18 is then slipped in place and held by the nuts on the bolts.

ment. It will nlso' be seen that the cushioning block may be turned so that various faces" may be presented upwardly thereby takin up any weer-thereon and increasing the 15c of the block.

While in the foregoing there has been shown plnd described the'preferred embodiment of this invention, it is to be under stood thet such changes may be made in the combination and arrangement of parts as will fall within thespirit and scope of the up ended claim.

The combination with a. railroad tie havling cushion receiving chambers near oppo- :sim ends and being provided with recesses cushion receiving chmnbers, of blocks sent ed in said cushion receiving chambers, tie plates seated on the blocks and extending into-the recesses, the outer ends of the tie plates being upturned and engaging the outer ends of the recesses to prevent the tie plates from moving outwardly, bolts extending through the ties and tie plates and clamp plates seated on the tie plates and engaging the upturned portions, said clamp plates being held in place by the bolts.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDERICK C SHEARER. Witnesses:-

THOS. H. Moss, FLORENCE B. Gnovn. 

